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Report: Phils Finally Take Hold Of League’s Durbins

We have news! The Phillies allegedly signed pitcher …

Don’t know deal details yet, but Durbin is a “journeyman” and “30.” Here are his numbers from 2007:

2007 – 36 G (19 GS) / 8-7 / 4.72 ERA / 1.426 WHIP / 66 K / 49 BB

Career, his 5.75 ERA and 1.426 WHIP means, in Phillies terms, “4 1/3 innings and 4 runs.”

Durbin spent last year (and 2006) with the Tigers. I got to see him pitch one game on TV, and I believe he was rocked quite a bit by the Twins. Basically, folks, this one’s a wash. Not bad numbers altogether, but the words “journeyman” and “30” never really excite me.

Already prognosticators are penciling him in as the No. 5 starter. I don’t think so. If anything, he’s battling with Eaton and his brother-from-another-mother, J.D. Durbin. Hopefully, this isn’t the only pitching signing left for the Phils.

Strangely, when this news was first reported by a fan with an ear to the grindstone, he said Geoff Jenkins is a done deal too. We’ll keep the ears open.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.